They are playing in the same division this season, so watch out when Colorado reliever Turk Wendell is pitching to San Francisco's Barry Bonds. It is fairly clear that the two do not have much use for each other. A day after Wendell said it was...

January 15, 2004, Thursday

Jerry Riggan did not know exactly what happened that spring in Arizona. He just knew that his son, Jerrod, had gone to spring training as a professional ballplayer and had come home a quitter. Jerrod was not providing details. Jerry knew his son...

August 7, 2001, Tuesday

The fans down the left-field line stood and cheered as Todd Pratt strode to the Phillies' bullpen before yesterday's game. A security guard approached Turk Wendell and thanked him for his friendship over the years. Dennis Cook chatted amiably with a...

Turk Wendell popped into Manager Bobby Valentine's office at Shea Stadium before last night's game and confronted him in a joking way. ''Are we O.K., me and you?'' Wendell said. Valentine told him how much he appreciated all he had done for him. It...

When Tom Martin was with the Mets earlier this season, he got up in the bullpen almost as often as Turk Wendell. Within a month, Martin had injured his shoulder. A knee condition contributed to Martin's injury, but the constant throwing did not help....

July 9, 2001, Monday

Reliever Turk Wendell was fined $1,250 by Major League Baseball, which said he intentionally threw behind the St. Louis Cardinals' Mike Matheny last Saturday. Wendell, who was ejected from the game, maintained that he did not throw at Matheny on...

May 5, 2001, Saturday

Maybe Turk Wendell slept through the game last season in which his team was losing, 8-1, to Atlanta after seven and a half innings, then erupted for 10 runs in the eighth and beat the Braves, 11-8. Otherwise, why did the Met relief pitcher make...

April 11, 2001, Wednesday

Turk Wendell's pitching career almost ended the day it began. Wendell was 6 years old, playing in his first Bantam League game in Dalton, Mass., and he hit a kid in the face with a pitch. He never wanted to pitch again. Wendell's coach and his...

March 15, 2001, Thursday

Turk Wendell is a native of New England, a Boston Red Sox fan by birth, and he had never wanted to play in New York. But in his three and a half seasons with the Mets, he enjoyed himself so much that he never wanted to leave. Wendell has mentioned...